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Why do caffeine pills do nothing for me?

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thegreatgeno

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A cup of coffee (about 100mg of caffeine) will wake me up, but a caffeine pill with 300mg of caffeine does nothing. Do i need to do something to "activate" it?
 
Even decaffeinated coffee releases adrenaline through a non-caffeine mechanism. I feel jittery when I drink 2 cups of coffee but not when I take a 200 MG caffeine tab(equivalent doses).
 
What the hell would you expect from caffeine?

Only in US that they make a whole hassle about it. Gosh. I used to drink a big cup of milk coffee before sleeping when I was a kid.
 
If you're swallowing the pill, then you're doing it right. Your stomach would obviously need to break the pill down, so drinking coffee may kick in a little faster. Either way, I wouldn't expect a whole lot from caffeine in general.
 
I'm not trying to get a buzz off the pills, just a little pick up. A cup of coffee accomplishes that, but the caffeine pill doesn't. I'd prefer that the pills work because they're cheaper and is far less fattening than coffee.
 
thegreatgeno said:
I'm not trying to get a buzz off the pills, just a little pick up. A cup of coffee accomplishes that, but the caffeine pill doesn't. I'd prefer that the pills work because they're cheaper and is far less fattening than coffee.
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Have you tried different brands of the caffeine pills? Any brand should have the same effects, but I guess you never know. I often take caffeine pills for the same reason, bc I want to avoid fattening sugar, and don't like black coffee.
 
never tried caffeine pills but yeah it may have to do with brands. honestly i dont know if id even believe that a caffeine pill from a gas staion (thats all i ever see them at)is right about the amount that is in it . but thats just me im sure im wrong :p
 
Maybe the caffeine pill you bought doesn't have any caffeine in it. It's not like it has USP next to the ingredient. Try a different brand caffeine pills work fine on me and I don't need to go out of my way to make coffee...
 
CheapHighMan said:
Maybe the caffeine pill you bought doesn't have any caffeine in it. It's not like it has USP next to the ingredient. Try a different brand caffeine pills work fine on me and I don't need to go out of my way to make coffee...
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What brand do you use? I was using stacker 2s.
 
Can we not devolve the discussion into one about brands.

BDD Guidelines said:
The only significant differences are few and far between and speculating about subjective difference between generic and brand drugs (or between different brands) is not productive.
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because it is against the guidelines. We are not here to help you save time and money but to help with harm reduction.

There will not be much difference if any at all between the caffeine in different products.

If brand discussion carries on the thread will be closed. If you absolutely have to discuss brands then do it via PMs.
 
^This.

Read the ingredients. It saves people time and money as well. It's not that hard. Coffee is a liquid and gets the caffeine absorbed by your body quicker than just swallowing a pill which contains caffeine as well as lots of fillers (or in the case of crappy diet pills caffeine, lots of fillers and other crap that you won't want in your body anyway).

It's more than likely a question of absorption.
 
caffeine is caffeine, buy reliable brands and you won't have to worry about it.
caffeine in pills doesn't have the same 'punch' that coffee and/or powdered caffeine have, if you're not feeling it the same you may break the pill up to increase surface area for faster digestion.
((i'm not going to talk sites/brands as we're discussing an incredibly common/available product, but my personal favorite is just buying pure caffeine powder online ;PP that stuff hits HARD, but it's a pita to dose it appropriately - and accidentally taking like 1g of it is a nightmare :| ))
 
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